Thursday, September 3, 2009

Introduction

My following biography will be short due to opportunity cost issues. I believe simple is more precise and hence more efficient. I am Juan Pablo Villamarin born in Bogota, Colombia but raised all over South America. My family which is constituted of my two younger siblings and both living parents left the country in 2000. The late 90’s was a very conflictual era in the Colombian history, as violence escalated and assassination, kidnapping and intimidation became an everyday reality for Colombian citizens. Colombia’s insurgent group commonly known as FARC (Armed revolutionary forces of Colombia) started financing from illicit drug trade and multiple kidnaps. As a consequence we moved to Venezuela, our once stable neighbor. We lived in Venezuela for four years and then due to a job offer we ended up moving to Buenos Aires, the potent metropoli of Argentina. After Argentina, Ecuador a petit country south of Colombia followed. Although there are vast similarities within these countries, each and every one of them taught me different perspectives and prospects about life, all of which have become relevant in my development as a character. I have learned to value culture and diversity as a personal gain, since it has opened my spectrum of understanding about the world. For some absurd reason I ended up in San Antonio and I will be majoring in both economics and political science.
I love sports and have become obsessive about physical training. I play soccer and since very young I have played for various league teams in both Venezuela and Argentina. However, due to a knee injury in my junior year at high school I stopped training at a high level. Golf is another sport which I picked up at an early age and have been practicing ever since. I adore adrenaline, which is the reason why I seek either for a bungee-jumping facility or a skydive drop zone every country I visit. I personal highest jump was in Cusco, Peru out of a small box structure at 185 meters. Although I used to find blogs something futile and unproductive I am committed to give my best attitude in order to extract something positive about this activity. I hope all of you have a good year and remember to be patient.
Get better and good luck.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009